A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

In his raw and sweeping graphic nonfiction masterpiece A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, veteran nonfiction comic book writer and long-time artist for American Splendor Josh Neufeld chronicles the lives of six native New Orleanians in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that he met during his time volunteering with the Red Cross.

Enter the world of:

Denise, a sixth-generation New Orlinean artist and counselor

The Doctor, who, while not directly affected by the storm, stays behind to help those less fortunate

Hamid and Mansell, who face the storm from the roof of Hamid's family-run market

Kevin, a pastor's son just entering his senior year of high school

Leo and Michelle, a twenty-something couple that grew up in the city.


All of whom face the terrifying and increasingly universal reality that home is not an immutable fact, and question what it would mean to stay or to evacuate. With beautiful illustrations, A.D. presents the characters' stories as they unfold, frame by frame, alongside the building storm, vividly portraying what it means to have to decide to leave everything you know behind.

And here's the best part:
Email the phrase AFTER THE DELUGE, along with your mailing address to pantheon@randomhouse.com and you will automatically enter yourself into a drawing to win a free copy of the book! There will be 3 lucky winners selected at random. Please note: U.S. mailing addresses only.

Be sure to stop by the following events for your chance to chat with Josh and pick up a copy of the book:
Wednesday, September 16, 7:00 p.m.--McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St, NYC. Panel with Josh, Lisa and Jeff Newelt.

Thursday, September 247:00 p.m.--Bergen Street Comics, 470 Bergen Street, Brooklyn NY 11217

Visit Josh Neufeld's website here.

And buy a copy of the book here.

Praise for A.D.:
"A.D. is a sterling example of comics with a social consciousness, and is exactly the kind of thing we need to keep the human dimension of this unimaginable disaster and its ongoing aftermath in the public eye."-- Wired.com
"Referring to A.D. as a 'comic book' is a bit like calling Schindler's List a 'talkie.'"
-- The Los Angeles Times
"A.D.'s ... stunning panels ... retell the harrowing experience of what it was like to live through the disaster."--Rolling Stone
"[A.D.]'s stirring images are sure to linger in memory, perhaps even longer than hours of news footage already have."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Josh Neufeld's cultural and class observations are enormously rare in the world of comix subject matter."-- The Comics Journal